Celebrate Earth Day, April 22, 2022, by participating in the 30-Day Walking Curriculum Challenge! Join educators around the globe in taking learning outside with imagination and inquiry for part of the day–rain or snow or shine–for 30 days. Visit the event page to learn more and to register! Join the challenge today and help us reach our […]
Category: Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE): Activities & Insights
Learn how to engage imagination in learning to support the development of ecological understanding and sense of place.
‘Bottoms Up’ Barefoot Walk: Simon Fraser University Burnaby Mountain Campus Tour
By Michael Maser (PHD Candidate, Faculty of Education, SFU; Career educator and sustainability advocate) Walking is a highly intelligent activity. This intelligence, however, is not located exclusively in the head but is distributed throughout the entire field of relations comprised by the presence of the human being in the inhabited world. ~ Timothy Ingold (2004) To walk […]
Restless Whilings on Place-Making: Imaginative Investigations in #Forestschool
By Kelsey Keller (MEd in Imaginative Education, Elementary School Educator) Every Thursday last year our classroom community engaged in the ritual of #Forestschool. The Forest was, and continues to be, a gracious teacher. It has offered enticing provocations; opportunities to solidify developing knowledge in experiential learning; compelling room to be restless; and the physical, mental, and […]